News &amp; Features - March 2012

A sheep leaps through the air while being transferred from one part of a corral to another Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Ewe Bet Ranch southeast of Loveland.

Teresa Beemer poses Tuesday, March 27, 2012 with a lamb at her family farm southeast of Loveland called the Ewe Bet Ranch.

Teresa Beemer opens a gate Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at her family farm southeast of Loveland called the Ewe Bet Ranch to let sheep through the corral.

On a break from taking a stroll with her dog Nikki, a 6 year-old schnauzer, Barb Reines talks about how much she enjoys living at the Mirasol Senior Living Commuity. She was the first resident to move into the complex in July 2007. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Berthoud resident April Clover, left, picks up a food basket from Linda Hollingsed on Thursday afternoon at House of Neighborly Service in downtown Loveland.

House of Neighborly Service employees, from left, Linda Hollingsed, Erin Becerra and Denise Moore fill food baskets for clients at the downtown agency.

With dry grass starting to turn green in the foreground, Judy Burley, left and her granddaughter Jayma Cohrs, 9, feed the geese Thursday at North Lake Park in Loveland. Loveland has received hardly any precipitation during the month of March. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Thompson Valley High School art student Kodi Hays works on a painting during class Wednesday. She recently won a national gold medal for painting and has been invited to the 2012 National Scholastics awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 1 to receiver her medal. Photo by Jenny Sparks

With the old Cloverleaf Kennel Club in the background, past employees and folks who spent time there betting on the dogs toast the dog track Wednesday as they share memories about time they spent there. From left to right are Sabrina Gudish and Kathy Gudish, back, and former employees Erin Curtis, Lisa Cossio, Justin Depperschmidt, Linda Sern, Darrick Depperschmidt and Alan Depperschmidt. Crews are working this week to demolish the kennel club. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Preschoolers Titan Alps, 4, left, dressed as a fireman and Cole LeRoux, 5, dressed as a veterinarian walk together Wednesday, March 28, 2012 during a career march at Carrie Martin Elementary School.

Early childhood teacher Ashley Hamand, middle, leads her preschool students through a first-grade classroom Wednesday afternoon while on a career march at Carrie Martin Elementary School. Youngsters dressed up in outfit showing their favorite careers as they paraded through several classrooms.

Resurrection Christian School robotics team member Davis McDaniel, 16, and other team members work on their robot, Sir Jeffrey Frederick Alfred I, Tuesday at the school in Loveland. The team is going to the worlds competition for SLL robotics. Photo by Jenny Sparks

A vehicle travels east on Larimer County road 24E Tuesday in Loveland. A partnership between Loveland, Larimer County and the Coulson family will fix road.
The county commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday that splits the cost and work of realigning the hairpin curve on County Road 24E. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Wind creates choppy waves on Lake Loveland as plumes of smoke from a wildfire west of town are seen Monday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Sparks

The mountains are framed by windows on the south side of the old Cloverleaf Kennel Club in Loveland Monday as crews work to demolish the building. The building has been a part of the landscape in Loveland since the 1950's. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Crews work to demolish the old Cloverleaf Kennel Club Monday in Loveland. They started at the northeast side of the building and will work their way towards the south in the next couple of days in hopes that the huge windows on the south side of the building will block some of the dust from the Medical Center of the Rockies. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Performers from the middle school division of the Stars of Tomorrow competition stand onstage together as they practice their bows and curtsies during rehearsals on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium. From left to right are Jessie Madere, 13, Brooklyn Buhre, 14, Morgan Alloway, 12, Kaitlin Wilson, 13, Mikayla Wilson, 12, Daylene Torres, 14, and Christopher Slama, 12.

Jessie Madere, 13, plays guitar and sings the Green Day song "Time of Your Life" during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Brooklyn Buhre, 14, of Johnstown sings "Don't Rain on My Parade" by Barbara Streisand during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Morgan Alloway, 12, performs lyrical dance to the song "Don't Catch Me" by Kadie Hodges during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow Show on March 24, 2012 at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Kaitlin Wilson, 13, sings the Christina Perry song "Arms" during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Twelve-year-old Mikayla Wilson plays the song "Gypsey Moth" on her harp during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Christopher Slama, 12, plays the ragtime song "Maple Leaf Rag" on the piano during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Loveland resident Daylene Torres performs the song "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz during rehearsals for the Stars of Tomorrow on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Valley High School's Roberta Price Auditorium.

Jeremy Gordon, 11, left, assists Lizzy Fetzer, 9, and Camry Rowan, 10, as the girls purchase items on sale at Berthoud High School during the Colorado Odyssey of the Mind's Longs Peak Regional Tournament on Saturday.

Eight-year-old Nadia Miller, left, purchased a raffle ticket from Jeremy Gordon at a gift and souvenir table set up during the Colorado Odyssey of the Mind's Longs Peak Regional Tournament on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Berthoud High School.

Coyote Ridge Elementary School students perform their long-term component called "To Be Or Not To Be" during the Longs Peak Regional Tournament of Odyssey of the Mind on Saturday at Berthoud High School. From left are Olivia Johnson, 8, Katja Searle, 9, Katrina Nelson, 9, Natalie AmRhein, 8, Tehya Searle, 8, Lindsey Brayer, 10, and Haley Pritchard, 10.

Adiran Moreno, an employee at Cardinal Glass in Loveland, separates glass at the break out table Thursday. The city of Loveland offered the company a small incentive package when they relocated here. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Jason Rohlf, right, and Mark Schreiber install a concrete countertop Tuesday evening in the kitchenette area of Rholf's new co-working business called The Armory at 411 N. Railroad Ave. in downtown Loveland.

Marcie Willms, community relations manager for the Larimer Humane Society, pets Maggie, a 1 year-old black Labrador retriever, Friday in Fort Collins. Maggie went missing from her home in Bennett, Texas on March 6 and was found on March 17 by a couple in Loveland near Interstate 25 and U.S. 34. She was scanned for a microchip at the shelter where they found she was missing from her home in Texas. She will return to her home on Wednesday of next week. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Dave Nichols, right, and his son Steve Nichols stand together onstage after being honored with the 2012 Hope Award by the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society during the 18th annual Northern Colorado Dinner of Champions event Thursday night at the Embassy Suites.

A herd of elk graze on private property Wedneday afternoon on Glade Road west of Loveland.

Loveland artist Mary Giacomini poses for a photo Wednesday by the transformer box she painted last summer at the corner of First Street and Madison Avenue. Photo by Jenny Sparks

Namaqua art teacher Robyn Hall, right, holds a clay pot made by a student as she directs students to create a piece of artwork for their pot to rest on during class Wednesday at the school in Loveland. Hall also teaches art at Carrie Martin Elementary. Students in the background from front to back are Anthony Nelson, 9, Matthew Bellino, 9, and Madeline Madere, 10.
Photo by Jenny Sparks

Teens dash to-and-fro picking up index cards off a table while participating in a game called Cornucopia Challenge on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Loveland Public Library during the Hunger Games Party put on by the library. Clockwise around the table from front left are Justin Coode, 14, Cayden Castaneda, 14, Akaila Jeffries, 12, and Kierra Smith, 14.

Loveland Public Library teen librarian Michelle Turner, left, reads aloud a question for Team 11 members Skylynne Dagel, 14, Danielle Carr, 14, Kierra Smith, 14, Otis McDonald, 13, and Brady Engleman, 14, while teen librarian Beth Gudmestad keeps score during a Hunger Games Party trivia contest Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the library. Teens participated in a variety of events themed after the Hunger Games series of books in anticipation of the release of an upcoming movie based on the books.

Loveland Public Library teen librarian Beth Gudmestad, right, looks on while members of Team 11, from left, Skylynne Dagel, 14, Danielle Carr, 14, Kierra Smith, 14, Otis McDonald, 13, and Brady Engleman, 14, discuss their team's answer while participating in a trivia contest Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the library during a Hunger Games Party.

Kristine Beno, left, and her sister Beth Spicka pray Wednesday morning at Beno's Loveland home. The sisters are going to Ester Call in Dallas this April. It will be the largest women gathering since the 1970s and will focus on fasting, prayer and worship on behalf of lives lost and changed from abortion. Photo by Jenny Sparks

McKee Medical Center volunteer Norma Nemeth shows the wig area in the cancer center at the hospital Tuesday in Loveland. Photo by Jeff Stahla

Daffodils are in full bloom Monday as folks walk on the path around Foote Lagoon in downtown Loveland. Photo by Jenny Sparks

0320 NWS GirlScouts-jb.jpg Evyn Batie, 11, works on a project for a "Journey" track with Annie Rosen, 15, in the background. The girls meet with their Loveland girl scout troop at a local church. Journeys are a relatively new program of girl scouts that is another avenue the girls can work towards to attain badges and win top awards.
Photo by Jessica Benes